Mucilage-bottle.



No. 692,237. 4 Patented Feb. 4, |902. J. C. CARPENTER.,

MUCILAGE BOTTLE.

(Appummn med occ, 15, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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"il NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. CARPENTER, OF CANTON, OHIO.

M UCILAGEBOTTLE.

SFECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 692,237, datedFebruary 4, 1902.

Application filed October l5, 1901. Serial No. 78,681. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. CARPENTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Mucilage- Bottle, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in packages or bottles formucilage, shoe-polish, or other fluids or liquids designed to be daubedor spread on surfaces, as of paper or leather, through a mouth of thepackage by means of a porous and absorbent daubcr, as a sponge; and theobject of my improvement is to provide means for adjusting the dauber inthe mouth of the package and for drawing it into the body of the packageand submerging it in the liquid contents. I attain this object by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a side elevation of the bottle with the mouth-cap on, showing thesponge drawn in; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same, showing thesponge against the mouthcap; and Fig. 3, a similar section of the bottlelying on its side, showing the cap od and the sponge protruding from themouth.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the adaptation of my invention as illustrated the bottle 1 is made ofglass and formed round in general cross-section; but it can be of anyother suitable material or shape without aiecting the natureof thisinvention. At one side or end of the bottle is the ordinary neck 2,which is provided with the opening or mouth 3, the same being preferablyround, or substantially so, in cross-section and of less diameter thanthe cavity of the body of the bottle. As illustrated, the neck of thebottle is provided externally with the screw-thread 4, and asimilarly-threaded cap 5, having the packing 6, is screwed thereon, thusclosing the mouth 3 when the bottle is not in active use; but any othersuitable form or attachment of mouth cap or stopper can as well be usedin connection with my invention.

In the side or end 7 of the bottle opposite the mouth is provided thesmall aperture v8, through which neatly, but freely, passes the rod 9,which rod has a suitable handle 10 on its exterior end and thedauber-sponge 11 attached on the end within the bottle. able packing isprovided for the rod 9 at the aperture 8 to prevent au escape of themu-v cilage l2 or other liquid contents of the bottle, which packing Iaccomplish by means of the elastic cap 13, which is preferably made ofrubber and somewhat thicker at the middle than at the sides and whichfits neatly over the end 7ot' the bottle. The rim of the packing-cap 13is turned in, forming the internal annular ange or bead 14, which isstretched over the end of the bottle, and upon contracting ts into theexternal annular channel or groove 15, located near the end of thebottle. The adhesion of the elastic cap to the end of the bottle and ofthe bead in the groove can be increased and made more positive by usinga suitable cement therebetween. The small aperture 16 is provided in thebottom of the packing-cap, being made somewhat less in diameter than therod 9 and registering with the aperture 8 in the end of the bot` tle,and on forcing the rod 9 therethrough a close and tight fit is alwayslmaintained by the elasticity of the material of the cap. When not inactive use, the sponge can be drawn from the neck into the body of thebottle, thus submerging it in the mucilage, as shown by broken lines inFig. 1, and the mouth-cap screwed on the bottle, or the sponge may bemerely drawn into the neck and remain against the mouth-cap, as shown inFig. 2.

To use the bottle as a daubcr, the mouthcap is removed and the sponge ispushed out through the neck of the bottle, so that a suficient part ofit protrudes from the mouth of the bottle to properly apply or spreadthe liquid contents, which soaks or seeps through the sponge, as shownin Fig. 3. The sponge is preferably pushed against the mouth-cap beforethe same is removed, as shown in Fig.

2, so that all excess mucilage is squeezed back into the bottle. Thesevarious adjustments of the sponge are made by an endwise movement of therod 9 through the packedaperture S and manipulated by its outer end orhandle 10. By using a sponge of suitable density in proportion to thethinness of the liquid and normally somewhat larger in diam- A suit- IOOeter than the mouth the bottle can be freelyT placed on its side afterthe sponge is adj usted in the neck and the mouth-cap removed Withoutany of the liquid contents escaping, except as rubbed or squeezed fromthe sponge, and in case the protruding sponge should dry or becomeincrusted by a long exposure Without use it can readily be moistened byelevating the mouth of the bottle or placing the cap thereon and drawingthe sponge into the body of the bottle and submerging it in the liquid.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a liquid-package, a mouth having a less diameter than the cavityof the package, an aperture opposite said mouth, a rod adjustablethrough said aperture having a suitable packing, and a porous absorbentdauber on said rod adapted to be adjusted thereby within or protrudedfrom said mouth of the' package, substantially as specified.

2. In a liquid-package, a mouth having a less diameter than the cavityof the package, an aperture oppositesaid mouth, a rod adj ustablethrough said aperture, a porous ab- JOHN C. CARPENTER.

Witnesses:

HARRY FREAsE, JOSEPH FREASE.

